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Rome (AFP) – Iran does not see the interest of new nuclear talks with the United States without guarantees never to deny any agreement, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Thursday.
US President Donald Trump has withdrawn from the 2015 Joint Global Action Plan (JCPOA) in May, calling Iran's nuclear job restriction agreement a "disaster."
Iran continues to abide by the terms of the agreement and European countries also continue to support it and engage with Iran.
But Zarif said that without guarantees, the United States of Trump could not trust any other dialogue.
"If we need to reach an agreement with the United States, what is the guarantee that it will last after the flight? Do you remember Canada?" he said, citing Trump's withdrawal of his signature from the G7 summit's closing statement in June after the departure of his plane from the host country, Canada.
"How can we be sure the signature stays on paper?" Zarif said at the MED Dialogues conference in Rome.
The new US sanctions against Iran, which came into force on November 5, have raised fears about the survival of the deal.
Iran said the future of the JCPOA would be questioned if it no longer enjoyed the economic benefits of the deal.
The agreement provided for the lifting of sanctions against Iran in exchange for accepting IAEA inspections and limiting its nuclear activities.
"We have spent two and a half years, it's not a two-page document, it's not a photo." It's a 150-page document, Zarif said about the agreement, hinting that Trump 's objection was based on his "hatred" for former President Barack Obama.
"Why should we resume another discussion just because someone does not like it, just because someone hates his predecessor? This is not why you agree in diplomacy, diplomacy is a serious game and we are ready for a serious game. "
The other five signatories of the JCPOA – Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia – supported the EU's efforts to set up a special payment system in order to pursue trade and commercial relations with Iran.
However, some European companies have already withdrawn from Iran. Earlier this month, senior EU officials admitted that the mechanism was proving difficult to put in place.
